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Month: April 2015

I’ve long been a fan of Sandra McCracken. Over the years she has developed a really specific voice, through writing songs, playing concerts, house shows and hymn sings, and being part of a grassroots movement to reintroduce and revive old hymn texts to a younger listeners and churches. I have heard her talk about growing…

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Holy Saturday is the day we remember Jesus lived in the land of death. He was dead. Really dead. In a tomb dead. As in, he was a corpse, dead. Dead, dead. There will come a day — if it has not come already — when the fact that Christ has gone ahead of us…

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It is all yellow in the Deep South. The Pollen-Apocalypse is upon us. As a result, my 6 month old son, Leland, has been a sneezy, snotty, runny-nosed, and congested mess. He is not breathing well, therefore he is not sleeping well. He is not sleeping well, therefore he is whiny, exhausted, frustrated, and miserable….

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When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished,” and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. John 19:30 Sometimes I imagine a simple conversation between Jesus and all of us. Jesus: “It is finished.” Us: “What is finished?” Jesus: “Everything.” Us: “But you don’t know what I’ve done.” Jesus:…